Balance
Foundational
Value
What is Balance:
Balance is the Discipline of Self Control.
Balance is the Strength of Mind and Spirit that allows You to Assert Restraint and Direction to Your Ideas, Your Motivations, Your Actions, Your Instincts.
Balance is successfully managing the appropriate degree of Self Control on Your Emotions, Your Physical Urgings, Your Temperament, Your Feelings, Your Interactions with others.
Balance is crucial in managing your “Form”, Mind & Body.
Balance is never getting into a Rage.
Balance is Keeping Cool, Calm, and Collected. No Anger. No Hitting or Harming.
Balance is Respecting our Bodies. Balance is Chastity, Temperance, Sobriety.
Balance is not Over-Indulging.
Balance is what keeps our lives, our families, our friends in Stability and Safety.
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Teen & Adult (14 plus)
Youth (11 to 13)
Presentation Slide Shows:
Slide shows can be used for individualized teaching, especially for children and youth; also for group presentations and meetings.
There are up to four versions depending upon age:
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Teen & Adult (14 years old plus)
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Youth (11 to 13 years old)
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Children (7 to 10 years old)
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Young Children (3 to 6 years old)
Examples of Balance:
In order to learn, grow, and develop, We need to have Equilibrium in Our Lives. We need to have a calmness of Mind, Body, and Sprit to be able to take the time and concentrate on the
Right things.
Examples of Balance are:
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The Chef, who knows how to assemble the right balance of flavors, textures, ingredients to achieve extraordinary meals.
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The Coach, who knows how to instill confidence, calmness, and relaxation into an agitated mind, a broken spirit.
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The Professor, that guides the nascent minds to new heights.
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The Best Friend, who cautions us about excess.
Anti-Value: Hostility
Hostility is the opposite of Balance.
Hostility to Oneself and the Body, like in: Suicide, Self-Mutilation, Drugs, Alcohol, Insatiable Desire, Gluttony.
Hostility to the Mind, as in:, Rage, Anger, Resentment, Envy, Jealousy, Antagonism.
Hostility to the Spirit, as in: Rejecting God, Ignoring the Holy Spirit, Sorcery, dabbling in the Occult.
Hostility towards Others, as in: Violence, Torture, Bullying.
Hostile People are Dangerous to Themselves and to the Innocent.
Biblical References of Balance:
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Proverbs 25:28: “A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls.”
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2 Peter 1:5-6: “For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness,”
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2 Timothy 1:7: “For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control”
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1 Corinthians 6:18-20: Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body. Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.
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Titus 1:7-8: “For an overseer, as God's steward, must be above reproach. He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain, but hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined”
